Models · Long context
Kimi K2 0905
by Moonshotai
Kimi K2 0905 is the September update of Kimi K2 0711.
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From the listing
About Kimi K2 0905
Kimi K2 0905 is the September update of Kimi K2 0711.
Notes
Kimi K2 0905 is listed in the EDNA Models directory from the OpenRouter catalogue.
Key facts
What we have checked
- Input price
- $0.600 per million tokens
- Output price
- $2.50 per million tokens
- Price on novita
- $0.600 per million input tokens
- Price on novita
- $2.50 per million output tokens
- Latest version
- moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905
- Time to first token (ms)
- 1,680
- Time to first token (ms) on novita
- 827
- Output speed (tokens a second)
- 41.2
- Output speed (tokens a second) on novita
- 38
- Tokens served on OpenRouter in a day
- 492.6M (for 10 Nov 2026)
- Tool calls on OpenRouter in a day
- 4.6K (for 10 Nov 2026)
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
- 15.3
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API access
How to call it
Call via OpenRouter with model id `moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905`.
- openrouter ·
moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905· Docs
OpenRouter id: moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905
Price
What Kimi K2 0905 costs, over time
$0.600 to $0.600
$2.50 to $2.50
Prices by host
| Host | Price | Over time | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| novitaInput | $0.600 per million input tokensSince 24 Oct 2026 | No change recorded | OpenRouter models API |
| novitaOutput | $2.50 per million output tokensSince 24 Oct 2026 | No change recorded | OpenRouter models API |
Usage
How much Kimi K2 0905 is used
590.6M to 492.6M
Scores
How Kimi K2 0905 scores
Each score comes from the named source and shows when we last confirmed it. A flag means the score needs care.
| Score | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 15.3indexAs of 26 Oct 2026 | Artificial Analysis via OpenRouter | |
| Design Arena rating (Elo) | 1,103EloAs of 10 Nov 2026 | Design Arena via OpenRouter |
Compare
Compare Kimi K2 0905 side by side
Sources
Where this comes from
- OpenRouter models APIRegistry
- OpenRouter models APIThird party
- OpenRouter models APIOfficial
- Artificial AnalysisThird party
- Artificial Analysis via OpenRouterThird party
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Changelog
What changed
No changes recorded yet. Releases, price changes and deprecations appear here, with their dates, once we track them for this record.
USAGE / OPENROUTER
How much Kimi K2 0905 is used
Tokens processed through OpenRouter each day. It shows what developers actually run, not every company's private traffic.
- Tokens, last 7 days
- 2.4B ▼1.3%
- Requests, last 7 days
- 776K
- Tool calls, last 7 days
- 22.9K
- Average cost per request
- 43.2¢
- Price per million tokens
- $0.6 in · $2.5 out
MODEL FIELD GUIDE / SOURCE EVIDENCE
What you can do with Kimi K2 0905.
Listed specifications; no EDNA task evaluation has been run. Sources checked 2026-11-08. Hosting routes and app features can differ.
moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905- Tool calling
- Listed support
- Structured output
- Listed support
- Reasoning controls
- Not established
- Availability
- available
- Price basis
- token
- Licence verification
- modified-mit, open weights
- Context length
- 262K tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- 31 Dec 2024
- Developer release date
- Not established
- First seen in the catalogue
- 4 Sept 2025
- Listed retirement date
- Not established
Inspect the sources and their scope
moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905: listed route capabilities, availability and prices; provider endpoints can differ.
Checked 2026-11-08Source for first seen, tool calling, context length, input, knowledge cutoff, output, structured output.
Checked 2026-11-08Licence declared in the moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 model repository on Hugging Face, which holds the weights files. Read the licence terms before use.
Checked 2026-11-07FROM SPECIFICATIONS TO YOUR WORK
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